Browner,Ryan - anyone else the CFL sends our way we'll be happy to have em.

Knowing what Pete wants at that Leo position, I'm guessing if he had been the coach 1 season earlier Cam Wake would be a Hawk as well (the guy was a couple hours north of us and Ruskell doesn't even kick the tires).

I've never really understood how the guy had so many doubters to begin with. He's been pretty great since day 1 imo, especially where we were coming from. I don't have a problem with any that doubted his talent just was always surprised whenever someone expressed it.

The stop at the 1 yard line, smashing that receiver so he couldn't lean the ball into the endzone. Great play!!

but the one man option destroyer was the one of the more amazing individual plays I have seen in a long while. Closes in on the QB forcing him to pitch, Browner cuts to the pitch man, stops him in his tracks, strips the ball and recovers it.

Shane Falco wrote:I've never really understood how the guy had so many doubters to begin with. He's been pretty great since day 1 imo, especially where we were coming from. I don't have a problem with any that doubted his talent just was always surprised whenever someone expressed it.

Because when people evaluate Browner's play with traditional metrics for a DB and from crunching numbers they get from pro football reference and football outsiders he looks like a CFL player.

The stop at the 1 yard line, smashing that receiver so he couldn't lean the ball into the endzone. Great play!!

but the one man option destroyer was the one of the more amazing individual plays I have seen in a long while. Closes in on the QB forcing him to pitch, Browner cuts to the pitch man, stops him in his tracks, strips the ball and recovers it.

Mannnnnn

Oh, my, God! I have never seen such a heady play in my life! Wow is this guy cerebral! This reminds me of the 3 for 1 special teams play he had! Amazing amazing dude!

The stop at the 1 yard line, smashing that receiver so he couldn't lean the ball into the endzone. Great play!!

but the one man option destroyer was the one of the more amazing individual plays I have seen in a long while. Closes in on the QB forcing him to pitch, Browner cuts to the pitch man, stops him in his tracks, strips the ball and recovers it.

Mannnnnn

This is the play that changed my mind. My knock on Browner has never been his ability to jam, it's been his stupid penalties in deep coverage, and I've thought he was a liability for it.

This play reminds me of the play where Deion Branch, after Seneca threw a pick that would have sealed a game vs the Chiefs, ran over to the LB who had picked the ball, stripped it on the sideline, and recovered it himself to keep the drive alive. We ultimately lost that game, and Branch ultimately wasn't a good player for us, but plays like that impress me.

Hawk Strap wrote:but the one man option destroyer was the one of the more amazing individual plays I have seen in a long while. Closes in on the QB forcing him to pitch, Browner cuts to the pitch man, stops him in his tracks, strips the ball and recovers it.

You don't often see flat out domination like that in the NFL, he was like a bully picking on the little kids (like me) on the playground, stealing their lunch money. You have to love having a guy on the team who isn't afraid to suplex a WR if they get out of line.

I was worried coming into this season that Browner benefited from poor quarterback play last season and that we'd see him struggle after facing Romo and Rodgers early in the season. Holy crap, was I wrong. He's one of those guys who is making me rethink the value of a player. I hated his constant penalties, but his big plays has more than made up for them.

I think Loafoftatupu said it best. BB is straight up a FOOTBALL player. A guy who affects the outcome of a ball game, in a good way.